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“Resistance by definition is self-sabotage.”
― The War of Art
― The War of Art
“It's not the writing part that's hard. What's hard is sitting down to write.
What keeps us from sitting down is Resistance.”
― The War of Art
What keeps us from sitting down is Resistance.”
― The War of Art
“The cities, the roads, the countryside, the people I meet - they all begin to blur. I tell myself I am searching for something. But more and more, it feels like I am wandering, waiting for something to happen to me, something that will change everything, something that my whole life has been leading up to.”
― And the Mountains Echoed
― And the Mountains Echoed
“The most pernicious aspect of procrastination is that it can become a habit. We don't just put off our lives today; we put them off till our deathbed.
Never forget: This very moment, we can change our lives. There never was a moment, and never will be, when we are without the power to alter our destiny. This second we can turn the tables on Resistance.
This second, we can sit down and do our work.”
― The War of Art
Never forget: This very moment, we can change our lives. There never was a moment, and never will be, when we are without the power to alter our destiny. This second we can turn the tables on Resistance.
This second, we can sit down and do our work.”
― The War of Art
“To yield to Resistance deforms our spirit. It stunts us and makes us less than we are and were born to be.”
― The War of Art
― The War of Art
Existential Book Club
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This a book club for anybody interested in reading existentialist literature and fiction. Every month I'll be putting up a new text either by an exist ...more
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